"the alphabet," late 13c., abece. Sense "rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)" is from late 14c. From 1944 (in a "Billboard" headline) as a shortening of American Broadcasting Company. Related: ABCs.
雙語例句
1. The angles are equal, for ABC is equilateral.
三角相等, 因為三角形ABC是等邊三角形.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Do you know your ABC?
你認識所有的字母嗎?
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. a roving reporter for ABC news
美國廣播公司的流動新聞記者
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. If you want to acquire profound knowledge, you must start from the ABC.
要想造就高深的學問, 就得從基礎學起.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Making a simple dress out of cotton cloth is easy as ABC.